:San Diego Sockers (2001–2004)

{{Short description|Major Indoor Soccer League Team}}

{{Other uses|San Diego Sockers (disambiguation){{!}}San Diego Sockers}}

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align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"Team history2001–2004
align="center"ArenaSan Diego Sports Arena
2001 – 2004
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"Based inSan Diego, California
align="center"Colors
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"LeaguesWISL, MISL II

The San Diego Sockers were a professional indoor soccer team based in San Diego, California, that competed in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The team began play in the World Indoor Soccer League in 2001, and joined the MISL when it merged with the WISL for the 2002–2003 season.

Before the beginning of the 2004–2005 season, the team was sold to Raj Kalra, owner of the Vancouver Ravens of the National Lacrosse League. However, two months after the purchase, it was revealed that Kalra had not paid the Sockers' players, staff, or rent since taking over, and the league voted to discontinue the franchise on December 30, 2004.

The Dallas Sidekicks were the only team in indoor soccer history to defeat the San Diego Sockers in a championships series at the San Diego Sports Arena, which happened in 2001. A new team using the Sockers' name and logo joined the PASL-PRO in the 2009–10 season.

Honors

=Championships=

  • none

=Division Titles=

  • 2001 WISL regular Season title

=Year-by-year=

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!Year

!League

!Reg. Season

!Playoffs

!Attendance

2001

|WISL

|1st WISL, 14–10

|Lost Championship

|4,029

2002–03

|MISL

|3rd West, 14–22

|Lost Division Semifinal

|4,248

2003–04

|MISL

|2nd West, 13–23

|Failed to Qualify

|4,212

2004–05

|MISL

|8th MISL, 4–6

|Folded at midseason

|3,938

Head coaches

Arenas